the first and longest part of the United States Constitution.
creates the Legislative Branch (law-making) of our government
authors felt that this was a very important part of our government that represents the citizens because the Legislative Branch turn "citizens' wants and needs into law"
Legislative Branch also makes our government a representative democracy (citizens elect people to represent their needs and concerns)
Article 1 created Congress and divided it into two parts: Senate and The House of Representatives.
organized, created a list of qualifications for both parts of Congress (see chart below), and describe details of how both parts will function
